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When do you need to use User Cache?
User Cache. This is great when you have user-specific content on your website. The site will be cached as normal for any visitor that is not logged in, using one set of cache files, and for each logged-in user using a separate cache. Logged in user cache is useful when you have a membership site, or similar when users must log in to see content.
What does it mean to cache content on a website?
In the context of websites and apps, caching is defined as storing content in a temporary storage, like that on the user’s browser or device or on an intermediate server, to reduce the time it takes to access that file. According to HTTP Archive, among the top 300,000 sites, the user’s browser can cache nearly half of all the downloaded content.
How to define the rules for cached content?
You can define cache drives where cached content will be stored and create cache rules via the New Cache Rule wizard. The rules apply to specific networks and determine how objects stored in the cache are to be retrieved when requested, as well as when content is to be cached, and limits on the size of cached objects.
What does the Cache Control header in http mean?
The Cache-Control header has two other directives to specify who can cache the content. The private directive indicates that the content in the response is meant only for the end user – the final consumer of the content. Therefore, intermediate layers, like the CDN, should not cache it.
What happens when cached logon information is disabled?
With caching disabled, the user is prompted with this message: The system cannot log you on now because the domain is not available. When you log on to Windows by using cached logon information, if the domain controller is unavailable to validate your account, you cannot access network resources that require domain validation.
How can I exclude pages from my caching plugin?
If you’re using one of the popular caching plugins like W3 Total Cache, WP Super Cache or WP Fastest Cache you need to do the following: Excluding pages is reasonably straightforward in most WooCommerce caching plugins, simply go to your caching plugin settings, look for the exclude option, and set the following pages to be excluded:
What happens when you cache content on your website?
When you cache content on your website, it’s no longer dynamic, the content is saved and then served to your visitors in precisely the same manner each and every-time. This means if you cache your checkout page, it’s never going to show the customer their correct shopping cart.